Whitethroat White"throat`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of severalspecies of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also
{strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the
{garden whitethroat}, or {golden warbler} ({Sylvia
hortensis}), and the {lesser whitethroat} ({Sylvia curruca}).
[1913 Webster]